Percentage of U.S. adults with alcohol problems receiving treatment 2008-2011
This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults with alcohol problems receiving treatment between 2008 and 2011, sorted by substance use disorder status. For the given period, an annual average of 6.4 percent of U.S. adults with a past year alcohol dependence were treated in an outpatient rehabilitation center. Alcoholism refers to problems associated with alcohol consumption and often refers to alcohol addiction. Alcohol has the potential to cause damage to all organs of the body.